Los Angeles - Civic Center

For 35 years the Bob Baker Marionette Theater has been putting on shows featuring hundreds of hand-crafted marionettes. All of the marionettes, puppets, props and costumes for the theater are produced in the on-site shop.

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LA City Mall has shops and restaurants at a six level location in downtown Los Angeles across from City Hall.

In this museum, designed specially for children (310 Main Street), young people are able to handle many of the things on display and even play with them. Active participation is expected of the young visitors, whether it involves the "City streets" department, the children's television station, the way an airline functions or trying to live in the world of the disabled.

The Times building was designed in 1931 by architect Gordon Kaufmann. He was ordered to create a building that was "fireproof and earthquake proof and ... a monument to the progress of our city and Southern California." Gordon's design is art deco, but subdued in order to blend in with the building's more conservative Civic Center neighbors. The circular lobby features a revolving globe and two murals by Hugo Ballin.